Walker
Akin Hill
A landmark on the "Old Colony Road" between Huntsville and Ryan's Ferry on the Trinity River.
Anthony Martin Branch
Huntsville, TX
Born in Buckingham County, Va.
Cunningham, Minnie Fisher
(March 19, 1882-December 9, 1964) A native of Walker County, Minnie Fisher earned a pharmacy degree at the University of Texas Medical...
East Sandy Community
New Waverly, TX
The Sandel and Powell families moved to this area from Mississippi in the 1850s, helping establish a community church and school in this...
Elijah Collard
New Waverly, TX
(November 9, 1778 - March 13, 1847) Born in Virginia, Elijah Collard later settled on the frontier in Kentucky and in Missouri, where he...
George Washington Grant and Grant's Colony
Huntsville, TX
Alabama native George Washington Grant (c. 1814-1898) and his brother, Egbert, moved to Texas in 1831.
Hillary Mercer Crabb
Huntsville, TX
Georgia native Hillary Mercer Crabb, a veteran of the militia in his home state, moved his family to the Mexican state of Texas in 1830.
Houston, Margaret Moffette Lea
Huntsville, TX
(April 11, 1819 - December 3, 1867)Margaret Moffette Lea was born on her family's farm in Pleasant Valley, near Marion, Alabama.
Huntsville "Walls" Unit
Huntsville, TX
(Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville) The Republic of Texas Congress passed a law to establish a prison system in 1842, but it wasn't...
James and Rhoda Creel Beall Winters
New Waverly, TX
Winters Park, Set Aside to Honor Family of James and Rhoda Creel Beall Winters.
John William Thomason Jr.
Huntsville, TX
Huntsville native John William Thomason Jr. was born on February 28, 1893, as the eldest of nine children of Dr. John Williams and Sue...
Mc Adams Homeplace
John McAdams, III (1815-92), a veteran of the Texas Revolution and the Republic of Texas Army, moved to present Walker County from the...
Old Gibbs Store
Huntsville, TX
Old Gibbs Store, oldest business in Texas under original ownership and on first site.
Original Site of The Steamboat House
Huntsville, TX
Dr. Rufus W. Bailey, a teacher, minister and attorney educated in New England, came to Huntsville as a language professor at Austin...
Sam Houston
Huntsville, TX
Born March 2, 1793, in Rockbridge County, Va.
Sam Houston Industrial and Training School
Huntsville, TX
Legislated after the close of the Civil War, the Texas Constitution of 1866 provided for a public school system supported by funds...
Site of Andrew Female College
Huntsville, TX
Site of Andrew Female College Andrew Female College was founded in 1852 and chartered in early 1853.
State Penitentiary C.S.A.
Huntsville, TX
Inmates, slaves, free men worked in the penitentiary textile factory, main source of cloth goods for Confederate Southwest.
Walker County
Huntsville, TX
Created, 1846, from Montgomery County.
Woodland, Home of Sam Houston
Huntsville, TX
General of the army which won the war for Texas Independence, 1836, and first President of the Republic, 1836-1838, Sam Houston was one...